— Unnecessarily killed a significant female character from the first movie within about ten minutes, after giving her 20 seconds of screentime. Likely because they decided that she wouldn't be the love interest that she was set up to potentially be (thus rendering her useless and disposable, obviously).

— Used the flimsiest excuse, and explanation, possible to unnecessarily bring back a male character who was killed in the first movie, then do absolutely nothing with him for at least half an hour.

— Added about 4 new male characters.

— Had the main character call up his girlfriend, tell her he was going to have sex with another woman for a mission, argue with her, and…

Just as stupid and childish as the first one but not nearly as severe an irritant. And Vaughn's vaguely South Park-ish "everyone's a hypocrite" sense of humor remains poisonous to me but it's vastly toned down here. Mostly this is very, very boring, just drags on forever when you'd think something ostensibly designed as a pop confection would tighten its belt.

probably for the best that this bullshit material got eaten by the franchise filmmaking machine; takes any verve the first might have had and sands it down until all that's left is the trite plotting, non-existent character and cg slickness. a needle drop here, a cameo there, a few lame callbacks and we got a successful picture on our hands. (that they use the most infamous side joke of the original film as an emotional crux here is baffling.) in what can only be a response to the original's backlash this even replaces the blatantly—in retrospect, maybe even boldly—reactionary politics with some tediously sensationalized ~Issues~ and disingenuous moralizing, all in service of shrugging, 'both sides' nonsense, of course. Fox News…

Two much fun. Racy joy ride that's got fine depth in it's story too. Worked well for me.

Amazing action sequences, too good to be true. The way they are shot, a benchmark for cinematography in stuntwork. May be very easy to wipe off calling it not as good as the first, but you gotta laud how much it entertains despite issues.

Overlong, unnecessarily convoluted, and over the top just because it can; the second installment of Kingsman lost the freshness and charm of its predecessor. The film takes a lot of time trying to put things together but everything feels plain; in fact, for a film with so much action I found myself quite bored and unamused. Egerton does his best along with an impressive and underused supporting cast, but it's hard to keep this afloat when, from the very first scene, the film sets a tone that borderlines ridicule, speeds up and loses track; it doesn't help the terribly dull villain and Elton John's embarrassing role.Kingsman: The Golden Circle has some fun moments but ultimately is just too much, and a huge disappointment.

I'm a fan of the first Kingsman. It was an entertaining, and at times clever spoof on the spy genre that never took itself too seriously.

The Golden Circle is certainly entertaining at times, but it becomes far too self-indulgent, about 20-30 minutes too long, has too many characters that contribute very little, and frankly makes some baffling story decisions that include but are not limited to:

-So you're telling me that the Kingsman can create a bullet proof, transparent, assault-rifle umbrella, but can only manage a tracker that works if a Kingsman fingers its target?

-Let's kill off the best characters from the first film, while also fake-killing two characters so that the whole concept becomes uncertain and almost…

The Golden Circle saves its own skin with its second act, but do the ends justify the means? At 141 minutes it may have been better to whittle down the first half to only what’s necessary, which would potentially sacrifice the sexism that I had so hoped this film was building to in some way. Clearly Matthew Vaughn heard audiences’ claims of sexism and instead of taking better care to avoid such pitfalls this time around he deliberately hit every single one along the way.

The entire film is weighed down by its treatment of women: it kills off Roxy, reduces The Princess from the first film to a doting girlfriend and then a damsel in distress, gives Halle Berry…

Kingsman: The Golden Circle was not the worst movie I have seen this year, but it is probably one of the most disappointing. The second installment, and now hopefully the last, was such a wasted opportunity. It pales in comparison it nearly every aspect to the first. It does have it's shining moments, Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, a handful of decent action scenes, and the pugs. Other than that, this entire film feels wildly lopsided. Every aspect that needn't be explored was delve into 3x as much as necessary. On the other hand, the things that would have been interesting to see more of, Julianne Moore, were incredibly underused.